Life is not accomplishing some special work but attaining to a degree …

Thomas Merton
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Life is not accomplishing some special work but attaining to a degree of consciousness and inner freedom which is beyond all works and attainments. ✨ Thomas Merton (1993). The Courage for Truth: Letters to Writers, p.345, Macmillan
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Life is not accomplishing some special work but attaining to a degree of consciousness and inner freedom which is beyond all works and attainments. ✨ Thomas Merton (1993). The Courage for Truth: Letters to Writers, p.345, Macmillan

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